(SMtorial  department. 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association. — The  following  circular,  issued 
by  the  Executive  Committee  of  the  Association,  is  reprinted  here  to  give  a 
wider  circulation  to  the  official  invitation.  The  gentlemen  to  whom  pack- 
ages of  the  circulars  have  been  sent  in  various  places  South,  West,  and 
North,  will  oblige  the  Committee  by  distributing  them  as  usefully  as  pos- 
sible. Before  our  next  number  the  meeting  will  have  taken  place,  and  we 
hope  to  be  able  to  give  an  account  of  its  proceedings. 
CIRCULAR  ADDRESS 
To  the  Pharmaceutists  and  .Druggists  of  the  United  States. 
By  a  resolution  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  in  August 
last,  the  Executive  Committee  were  directed  to  circulate  an  address  to 
Apothecaries  and  Druggists  throughout  the  United  States.  In  pursuance 
of  this  duty,  the  Committee  first  present  the  official  announcement  of  the 
meeting  by  the  President,  viz. : 
AMERICAN  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION. 
The  Annual  Meeting  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  will  be  holden  in 
the  City  of  Cincinnati  on  the  last  Tuesday  [25th]  of  Ju  y  next,  at  1 1  o'clock,  A.  M. 
The  object  of  the  Association  being  the  advancement  of  Pharmacy  in  the  United  States, 
it  is  desirable  that  a  general  interest  in  its  favor  should  be  created  among  the  Pharma- 
ceutists and  Druggists  According  to  the  requirement  of  the  Constitution,  the  following 
conditions  of  membership  are  published,  and  an  invitation  is  hereby  extended  to  all  who 
are  eligible  to  membership,  and  who  feel  an  interest  in  the  Association,  to  attend  the 
ensuing  meeting. 
Boston,  May,  1854.  Wm.  A.  Brewer,  President. 
Extracts  from  t/te  Constitution  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association. 
"Sect.  II,  Art  1. — All  pharmaceutists  and  druggists  who  shall  have  attained  the  age 
of  twenty-one  years,  whose  character,  morally  and  professionally,  is  fair,  and  who,  after 
duly  considering  the  obligations  of  the  Constitution  and  Code  of  Ethics  of  this  Associ- 
ation, are  willing  to  subscribe  to  them,  shall  be  eligible  for  membership. 
"  Sect.  II.  Art.  2. — The  members  shall  consist  of  delegates  from  regularly  constituted 
Colleges  of  Pharmacy  and  Pharmaceutical  Societies,  who  shall  present  properly  autho- 
rised credentials,  and  of  other  reputable  pharmaceutists  feeling  an  interest  in  the  objects 
of  the  Association,  who  may  not  be  so  delegated,  the  latter  being  required  to  present  a 
certificate  signed  by  a  majority  of  the  delegates  from  the  places  whence  they  come.  If 
no.  such  delegates  are  present  at  the  Association,  they  may,  on  obtaining  the  certificates 
of  any  three  members  of  the  Association,  be  admitted,  provided  they  be  introduced  by  the 
Committee  on  Credentials. 
"  Sect.  II.  Art.  5. — Every  local  Pharmaceutical  Association  shall  be  entitled  to  five 
delegates." 
The  objects  aimed  at  in  the  establishment  of  the  Association  are  so  full 
of  interest  to  apothecaries  and  druggists,  that  every  member  of  our  profes- 
sion is  interested  in  its  success.  These  objects  are  mainly  the  improvement 
of  (he  'practice  of  Pharmacy,  and  the  elevation  of  the  professional  character 
and  qualifications  of  its  practitioners.  To  effect  these  desirable  objects  the 
Association  has  encouraged  the  measures  adopted  by  government  to  pre 
vent  the  importation  of  adulterated  and  inferior  drugs ;  has  advocated  a 
spirit  of  self-improvement  among  existing  apothecaries  and  druggists; 
